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RE: The British Politics Thread - 14/8/2012 8:49:26 PM   
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RE: The British Politics Thread - 14/8/2012 8:49:32 PM   
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 Yeah fake as ever. Going to be odd when it eventually happens.

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RE: The British Politics Thread - 14/8/2012 8:49:53 PM   
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I swear almost all I can see on my feed is:

"Sky News: Margaret Thatcher is dead!"
"Sky News: Margaret Thatcher is dead!"
"Sky News: Margaret Thatcher is dead!"
"Sky News: Margaret Thatcher is dead!"
"Sky News: Margaret Thatcher is dead!"
"Sky News: Margaret Thatcher is dead!"
"Sky News: Margaret Thatcher is dead!"
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RE: The British Politics Thread - 14/8/2012 8:54:19 PM   
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RE: The British Politics Thread - 14/8/2012 8:58:03 PM   
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BREAKING NEWS - Thatcher's not really dead you thick cunts. Thanks for the publicity fuckers.



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RE: The British Politics Thread - 14/8/2012 9:00:18 PM   
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BREAKING NEWS - Thatcher's not really dead you thick cunts. Thanks for the publicity fuckers.





You sure that's not the real Sky News Twitter?

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RE: The British Politics Thread - 14/8/2012 9:37:45 PM   
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RE: The British Politics Thread - 15/8/2012 6:50:17 AM   
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 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19259207

So it appears the legacy they kept claiming they wanted to maintain is going to be massive cuts to sports funding.

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RE: The British Politics Thread - 16/8/2012 5:04:30 PM   
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 Julian Assange granted political asylum by Ecuador

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19281492

Now I'm not sure what to make of Assange - but the Foreign Office does seem to be acting rather heavy-handidly here. Threatening to revoke Ecuador's diplomatic status in order to enter the Embassy and arrest the guy.
Now, obviously, rape is a serious allegation & one I believe Assange should be held to account for (even if the circumstances leading up to these allegations being been made are somewhat murky)

However, I can't help feeling he's got a point in saying he'll be denied a fair trial & faces the very real threat of being extradited straight to the US - something Sweden have not denied could happen


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RE: The British Politics Thread - 16/8/2012 5:52:22 PM   
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 The problem with the Assange situation is that he knows full well America are gunning for him hardcore, the rape allegations all appeared after Wikileaks came onto the scene which would suggest an attempt to discredit him or look for a reason to arrest him a tactic which the US has employed before.

Considering the way America have behaved over the years no one can conclude Assange is guilty of anything save exposing some yank brutality like the gunship killings in Iraq. Still no one knows the full story.

By the way threatening to revoke Ecuador's status over a rape case? That says it all really

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RE: The British Politics Thread - 16/8/2012 8:16:37 PM   
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However, I can't help feeling he's got a point in saying he'll be denied a fair trial & faces the very real threat of being extradited straight to the US - something Sweden have not denied could happen



Yes because they were asked to attest that they would *never* extradite Assange to the US - so they couldn't affirm that they wouldn't on the basis that...

1 they have not received a extradition request and could not say how it would fare in their court system, or how it would work with EAW and the UK courts having to acquiesce to the extradition request as well.
2 they have no way of knowing what Assange may do in the future.


Mind you what's amusing is that the ecuadorian embassy is only part of a shared building - the moment that Assange steps into the lobby he is subject to british laws again.

I don't think he thought this through completely.

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RE: The British Politics Thread - 18/8/2012 8:18:37 AM   
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 Fairly contemptible:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19300051

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RE: The British Politics Thread - 18/8/2012 9:17:29 AM   
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 I love how they use China & Brazil as examples of what we should be aiming for!
Never mind the massive human rights abuses and phenomenal levels of poverty
Clueless frickin' knob jockeys

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RE: The British Politics Thread - 18/8/2012 10:02:06 AM   
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 Didn't a report a couple of years ago show that the British worked the longest hours in Europe and often did many hours of unpaid overtime in addition?

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RE: The British Politics Thread - 18/8/2012 10:13:17 AM   
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3 of them have pretty much been in politics since they finally left education (Raab as a lawyer and, although it says he worked as a business lawyer, the dates imply that must have been for a week or two before heading off to Palestinian politics), Skidmore straight from Uni, Patel straight from Uni. Kwarteng may have had some kind of job but seems to have been an academic author and then politics. Truss is the only one that seems to have had a full job but her wiki page sounds like she's a classic case of a reaction against political parents on the other side. Only one isn't Oxbridge and she went straight from Uni to Lansley,

This is the kind of Tory party they are supposed to be trying to pretend doesn't exist anymore.


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RE: The British Politics Thread - 20/8/2012 6:03:40 PM   
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3 of them have pretty much been in politics since they finally left education (Raab as a lawyer and, although it says he worked as a business lawyer, the dates imply that must have been for a week or two before heading off to Palestinian politics), Skidmore straight from Uni, Patel straight from Uni. Kwarteng may have had some kind of job but seems to have been an academic author and then politics. Truss is the only one that seems to have had a full job but her wiki page sounds like she's a classic case of a reaction against political parents on the other side. Only one isn't Oxbridge and she went straight from Uni to Lansley,

This is the kind of Tory party they are supposed to be trying to pretend doesn't exist anymore.



And following on in that vein.................................................

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/aug/20/sell-social-housing-fund-homes

Because of course, we're all in this big community together - just with the poorer types not in the nice areas.

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RE: The British Politics Thread - 20/8/2012 6:21:47 PM   
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And following on in that vein.................................................

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/aug/20/sell-social-housing-fund-homes

Because of course, we're all in this big community together - just with the poorer types not in the nice areas.


I saw a guy on the news (I think he was one of the authors) defending the report earlier. Even if we assume that uprooting people and moving them out of the way for wealthy people to claim an area as their own is ok for a government to do, I'm not sure how they've worked their figures out. If they believe that 80k-170k houses can be built for the £4.5bn each year quoted, can decent housing really be built for between £26.5k and £56.25k? And if so, why the fuck are new house prices so much higher than that (as we can assume they will be when sold on, what with the average price of a new build being around £216k in the UK at the moment)?

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RE: The British Politics Thread - 20/8/2012 11:01:27 PM   
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/aug/20/george-galloway-julian-assange-rape

Words fail me...................................................actually they don't. Fecking offensive idiot.

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RE: The British Politics Thread - 21/8/2012 7:04:21 AM   
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I think there's a certain Polanski-esque re-definition of sexual assault going on for some. What tends to confuse me about this whole thing is the continuing relationship after these alleged events and how that ended up in a police station tbh. 

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RE: The British Politics Thread - 21/8/2012 9:30:30 AM   
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 As Robert Webb described him on Twitter last night:

Galloway: demagogue, rape revisionist, Stalin mourner, Saddam Hussein defender, Milosovich apologist, alleged war profiteer... Panderer to Muslim patriarchy, mortal opponent of and eternal bitch to the great Christopher Hitchens.

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RE: The British Politics Thread - 21/8/2012 12:21:45 PM   
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He forgot 'cunt'......

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RE: The British Politics Thread - 21/8/2012 1:36:28 PM   
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 And the funny thing is Galloway is, apparently, a really genuinely nice guy away from the limelight.

I'm not defending him you understand, merely reporting what I've heard from several reputable sources.


I'm confused about this Assange business - admittedly I've not been following it, but the last I heard (AGES ago) was that it had been proven that Assange was completely innocent of any actual wrong doing and was only guilty of shagging someone.

Can anyone just sum up what's happened since, in a sentence?

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RE: The British Politics Thread - 21/8/2012 1:44:38 PM   
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Can anyone just sum up what's happened since, in a sentence?


Nope, but in brief, a UK court said he should be extradited to Sweden to be prosecuted for the sex allegations, but Assange fears that the result of this will be another extradition, this time to the US, who will probably charge him with treason or terrorism or some shit like that. The result of this is that Assange sought asylum, which Ecuador has given, though pretty much the instant he leaves that embassy he'll probably be arrested since he can't really leave the UK as he's wanted and all.

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RE: The British Politics Thread - 21/8/2012 1:50:29 PM   
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Nope, but in brief, a UK court said he should be extradited to Sweden to be prosecuted for the sex allegations, but Assange fears that the result of this will be another extradition, this time to the US, who will probably charge him with treason or terrorism or some shit like that. The result of this is that Assange sought asylum, which Ecuador has given, though pretty much the instant he leaves that embassy he'll probably be arrested since he can't really leave the UK as he's wanted and all.


That's almost a sentence - thanks.

So IS he innocent? Of rape, I mean. Or is that still unclear?

I'm sure it was reported as being a provably completely unfounded allegation...

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RE: The British Politics Thread - 21/8/2012 2:46:17 PM   
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As far as I'm aware, he's not been declared innocent in any way that would help his case. The main argument in his favour that's it's veeeery odd that these two women only decided to go forward and press charges once Wikileaks published the first batch of documents which embarrassed/pissed off every government on earth.

Plus, regardless of how bull it could be, he'll still have to go to Sweden to stand trial for it provided the women still want to press charges.

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RE: The British Politics Thread - 21/8/2012 3:02:59 PM   
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The UK court found sufficient to extradite him to answer the charges. I've sadly noticed some pro-Assange celebs focussing solely on the condom thing (which obviously looks dubious if you continue a relationship with someone after this has apparently been an issue) but the original reporting said there was a wider case. Whether that's something that Sweden defines as assault that we don't, or whether it will simply be a him vs them no-one actually knows because Assange won't go and face the charges.

I would say that if it's a conspiracy it's an amazingly kak one.


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RE: The British Politics Thread - 21/8/2012 3:04:29 PM   
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So IS he innocent? Of rape, I mean. Or is that still unclear?

I'm sure it was reported as being a provably completely unfounded allegation...


He is accused of rape, but until such time as he stands before the court and is tried we don't know if he is legally innocent. This cannot happen until such time as he voluntarily returns to Sweden or he can be lawfully compelled to return.

Most of the commentary on the charges I have read has been from people with no real knowledge of the Swedish criminal system, or worse, no real knowledge of criminal justice in general. It has also been highly polarised based on whether the commentator is pro or anti Wikileaks, and rife with conspiracy theories: something Assange himself is happy to fuel.

From what I can gather the major argument (outside of the conspiracy theories) for many has been that he hasn't been formally charged therefore he shouldn't be extradited. However this is where ignorance of the Swedish system is most readily apparent.

In England (and Wales) the formal charges are brought early in the criminal process, usually within 48 hours of the arrest. In Sweden they come later and as their system is radically different from ours it is hard to draw direct analogies. The Supreme Court was satisfied under the English system charges would already have been brought therefore extradition is not in breach of any law or treaty.

There is an excellent summary here.

As far as I can see Assange is using his notoriety, and playing on the paranoia of his supporters with respect to the US wanting to snatch him from Sweden, to try to evade facing the music for his alleged actions. If the case against him is as flimsy as he says it won't stand up to scrutiny so why doesn't he go and clear his name?

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RE: The British Politics Thread - 21/8/2012 4:06:45 PM   
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RE: The British Politics Thread - 21/8/2012 4:30:48 PM   
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And the funny thing is Galloway is, apparently, a really genuinely nice guy away from the limelight.


Every single piece of evidence I have seen is to the contrary but as I have never met him in real life I'll have to take the word of the reputable sources you speak of.

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RE: The British Politics Thread - 21/8/2012 8:53:57 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Dpp1978

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ORIGINAL: great_badir

So IS he innocent? Of rape, I mean. Or is that still unclear?

I'm sure it was reported as being a provably completely unfounded allegation...


He is accused of rape, but until such time as he stands before the court and is tried we don't know if he is legally innocent. This cannot happen until such time as he voluntarily returns to Sweden or he can be lawfully compelled to return.

Most of the commentary on the charges I have read has been from people with no real knowledge of the Swedish criminal system, or worse, no real knowledge of criminal justice in general. It has also been highly polarised based on whether the commentator is pro or anti Wikileaks, and rife with conspiracy theories: something Assange himself is happy to fuel.

From what I can gather the major argument (outside of the conspiracy theories) for many has been that he hasn't been formally charged therefore he shouldn't be extradited. However this is where ignorance of the Swedish system is most readily apparent.

In England (and Wales) the formal charges are brought early in the criminal process, usually within 48 hours of the arrest. In Sweden they come later and as their system is radically different from ours it is hard to draw direct analogies. The Supreme Court was satisfied under the English system charges would already have been brought therefore extradition is not in breach of any law or treaty.

There is an excellent summary here.

As far as I can see Assange is using his notoriety, and playing on the paranoia of his supporters with respect to the US wanting to snatch him from Sweden, to try to evade facing the music for his alleged actions. If the case against him is as flimsy as he says it won't stand up to scrutiny so why doesn't he go and clear his name?



I've not been a particular follower of the whole affair, but I'd agree with this. The guy seems like a bit of a twat to me - like he's bought into all his hype, controversy and notoriety a bit too much. At the middle of all this politcal pratting and playing around, the guy's an alleged rapist - it's not a game.

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